Sevenoaks (district)

Sevenoaks District
—  Non-metropolitan district  —
Sevenoaks shown within Kent
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Kent
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Sevenoaks
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Sevenoaks District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Michael Fallon Gareth Johnson John Stanley
Area
• Total	142.99 sq mi (370.34 km2)
Area rank	112th (of 326)
Population (2010 est.)
• Total	114,100
• Rank	189th (of 326)
• Density	800/sq mi (310/km2)
• Ethnicity	95.2% White 1.5% S.Asians 1.2% Black 1.2% Mixed Race
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	29UK
OS grid reference	TQ525555
Website	www.sevenoaks.gov.uk

Sevenoaks is a local government district covering the western most part of Kent in England. Its council is based in the town of Sevenoaks. It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Sevenoaks Urban District, Sevenoaks Rural District and part of Dartford Rural District.

The council

The council consists of 54 elected councillors, representing wards in the district.

In 2009 the Audit Commission named Sevenoaks District Council one of the four best run and most efficient councils in the country.

Town and parish councils

The third tier of government within the District consists of the following town and parish councils:

• Ash-cum-Ridley
• Brasted
• Chevening
• Chiddingstone
• Cowden
• Crockenhill
• Dunton Green
• Edenbridge
• Eynsford
• Farningham
• Fawkham
• Halstead
• Hartley
• Hextable
• Hever
• Horton Kirby and South Darenth
• Kemsing
• Knockholt
• Leigh
• Otford
• Penshurst
• Riverhead
• Seal
• Sevenoaks (Town)
• Sevenoaks Weald
• Shoreham
• Sundridge with Ide Hill
• Swanley (Town)
• Westerham
• West Kingsdown